The Standout 7 - The Biggest Stories from September and October 2025

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/2008615911805100127 https://x.com/i/status/2008613636705542327 https://x.com/i/status/2008474797634637960https://x.com/i/status/2008244916900491641https://x.com/i/status/2008493760242467316https://x.com/i/status/2008474097290719436 https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/videos/cr4k6nvx99dohttps://x.com/i/status/2008402791044104255https://youtu.be/tlSDDuWxO_0       Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com  or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/2008082550527558038 https://x.com/i/status/2008173188132303238 https://x.com/i/status/2008165663743869367 https://x.com/i/status/2008114765500182846 https://x.com/i/status/2008092104115831046 https://x.com/i/status/2008173260614008955 https://x.com/i/status/2008134055779316042 https://www.etonline.com/media/videos/kristen-stewart-is-down-to-direct-a-twilight-remake-exclusive-239226 https://x.com/i/status/2008162878428209651   Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com  or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/2007700459268505999 https://x.com/i/status/2007537584671732062https://x.com/i/status/2007731223603634534 https://x.com/i/status/2007736989005574575 https://x.com/i/status/2007566897433182444 https://x.com/i/status/2007779135020847471 https://x.com/i/status/2006820368799895932https://x.com/i/status/2007902317329121316 https://youtu.be/HZjKLQ5ZUOs      Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com  or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week... With over 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and the Sunday 7  won a Gold Award as “Best Conversation Starter” in the International Signal Podcast Awards  If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following guests: Dean Thomas  - Detective Inspector of the Victoria Police, Australia Dr Anne Pringle - Mycologist and Botanist, who specialises in the Death Cap mushroomDr Greg Moore - Senior Research Associate at Burnley College, University of Melbourne Will Guyatt - The Smart 7’s Tech Guru  Jason Neubauer - Chair of the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Dik Barton - Former Vice President and Director of Operations for the RMS Titanic Guillermo Sohnlein - Oceangate co-founder and ExplorerDonald Trump - 47th President of the United States of America Kate Brintworth, the Chief Midwifery Officer for NHS EnglandDr Debra Houry - Former Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director for Programme and Science at America’s CDCDoctor Owasi Durrani - Emergency Medical Physician based in Houston TexasProfessor David Bailey - University of Birmingham’s Business School Mike Beese - Managing Director of Genex UKCraig Jones - Former Director of Cybercrime at Interpol David Liu - Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard University Mark Zuckerberg - CEO and Founder of MetaSteven Pinker - Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard UniversityFrances Balkwill -Professor of Cancer Biology at Queen Mary College Hospital LondonAlastair Carmichael - Sheriff of Dundee Professor Iris Grunwald - Chair of Neuroradiology at the University of Dundee Aryeh Batt - Co-founder and CEO of Precise Bio Professor David Zadok - Director of the Ophthalmology Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre in JerusalemJack Bloomfield - Head of Marketing at X Ray Glass h  Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com  or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Presented by Ciara Revins, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast, in association with METRO, that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week… With over 19 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we’ve won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awards If you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps...  Today's episode includes the following:   https://x.com/i/status/1941259533055353295 https://x.com/i/status/1957095401346965565 https://x.com/i/status/1952409924958359733 https://x.com/i/status/1963666820646289592https://x.com/i/status/1967979822639890740 https://x.com/i/status/1848989701933285540  https://x.com/i/status/1973429450780897709https://youtu.be/FEvp1Ajmtus https://youtu.be/i5H9nR9AmhA https://x.com/i/status/1983128665266204964https://x.com/i/status/1986500008921997751 https://x.com/i/status/1977150489683976467https://youtu.be/x9ngzw5Engg https://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2021/10/28/amanpour-tom-stoppard-leopoldstadt.cnnhttps://x.com/i/status/2000811534285774883 Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.com or find out more at www.metro.co.uk  Voiced by Trish Laverty, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.